Batavia High School presents: The Dining Room

Oct 26, 2016 10:38AM
● Published by Neighbors Magazines

Batavia High School students practicing their parts for The Dining Room at the Batavia Fine Arts Centre.

by Cassady Chadwell

Batavia High School Productions presents The Dining Room,
one of A.R. Gurney’s most notable plays. This production is directed by Dominic
Cattero and performances will be on Nov. 4 & 5 at 7:30pm at the Batavia
Fine Arts Centre.

Tickets are available at BataviaFineArtsCentre.org and at
the box office. Tickets prices through the box office are $14 for the orchestra
section and $13 for the mezzanine. If purchased online, tickets are $12 for the
orchestra section and $11 for the mezzanine.

The Dining Room tells the story of the relatively
short-lived culture of the upper-middle class American White Anglo-Saxon
Protestant (WASP). Time traveling from the early 1930s to the late 1980s
through the bonds and breakages of 18 different families, Gurney creates a
patchwork of interrelated scenes, some funny and some touching. Together the
pieces form a puzzle that reveals a glimpse of the life of a WASP. The play is
set in the dining room of an average, well-to-do home, a place not only for
breakfast, dinner, and special occasions, but for bonding, education, and
discipline. The actors in this show will change roles, personalities, and ages
in order to bring the total of 52 total characters to life right before your
eyes.

According to show director, Dominic Cattero, “The Dining
Room is a look at ourselves, a look at the language we use to communicate with
each other, and a look at the struggles we engage in as we search for
individuality.”

Cassady Chadwell is a
student at Batavia High School and member of the cast